====== Overview: Explanations in the questionnaire =====

Here you will find an overview of various functions for placing explanatory texts in questionnaires.


===== Placing Instructions Directly in a Question =====

Within each question there is an input field for //instructions//.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.instructions.mgmt.png?nolink|Instruktionen in der Frage eintragen}}

These instructions will appear between the question itself (//Question title//) and the options or items.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.instructions.qnr.png?nolink|Instruktionen im Fragebogen}}


===== Separate Texts =====

You can also create independent text elements and display them between two questions or on a separate page.

  * Create a new section in the **List of Questions**. After having named and saved the section, you can create a text element by //Add Text//.
  * Drag the text element to the desired page when **Composing the Questionnaire**.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.text.mgmt.png?nolink|Text im Fragenkatalog anlegen}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.text.qnr.png?nolink|Textbaustein im Fragebogen}}


More information on creating texts: [[:en:create:texts]]


===== Notes =====

A text element may be formatted optionally as an information or warning and will then be highlighted visually.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.info.mgmt.png?nolink|Textbaustein als Information formatieren}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.info.qnr.png?nolink|Textbaustein in Drstellungsvariante "Information"}}


===== Explanations for Items =====

Using [[en:create:texts#formatierung_mit_html|HTML formatting]], it is quite simple to display an explanatory text directly below an item.

<code html>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr.<br>
<small>(Sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat)</small>
</code>

{{:de:create:scr.advice.small.mgmt.png?nolink|HTML-Code in Item-Texten eintragen}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.small.qnr.png?nolink|Erklärung in kleiner Schriftart unter dem Item}}

**Hint:** Click the paper-and-pencil icon next to one of the items. In the detail settings for the items, you will find a multiline input field for the item text (and HTML code, if required). Alternatively, you get there by clicking on the item in the navigation on the left.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.small.details.png?nolink|Detail-Einstellungen des Items berabeiten}}


===== Info Buttons =====

In questions, items or elsewhere in the questionnaire, a small button (or text) can also be displayed to provide additional information when being touched by the mouse.

The information has to be placed in double brackets:

<code html>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr. ((*|Sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat))

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing ((elitr|Sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat)).
</code>

In the double bracket, separated by a pipe (''|''), either an asterisk (''*'') or a short text has to be specified first, followed by the explanatory text to be displayed when touched by the mouse.

More information: [[:en:create:popup]]

{{:de:create:scr.advice.popup.mgmt.png?nolink|Erklärung eintragen, die bei Mausberührung angezeigt wird}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.popup.qnr.png?nolink|Erklärung, die bei Mausberührung angezeigt wird}}


===== Pop-Up Window =====

With the function ''[[en:create:functions:textlink]]'' you can create an HTML link in the questionnaire that  opens a new window when clicked displaying a text element from the **List of questions**.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.textlink.mgmt.png?nolink|PHP-Code zur Einbindung eines Pop-Up Links}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.textlink.qnr.png?nolink|Link mit Pop-Up Fenster im Fragebogen}}

How to use PHP code in the questionnaire: [[:en:create:php]]


===== Notes on formatting open text inputs =====

Within a question, select which open input fields are supported (e.g., an "input field for text", but as well [[:en:create:selection-textinput|Free Text Input within a Selection]]) as well as different options for displaying the input field.

Here you can specify an instruction to appear in the input field that disappears as soon as the respondent enters something.

{{:de:create:scr.advice.hint.mgmt.png?nolink|Eingabehinweis für eine offene Texteingabe erstellen}}

{{:de:create:scr.advice.hint.qnr.png?nolink|Offene Texteingabe mit Eingabehinweis}}

**Note:** Older browsers may be unable to display the input instruction.